Officer Thomas Joseph Szafranski, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Florida

Officer Thomas Joseph Szafranski

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Florida

End of Watch Sunday, May 24, 1981

Thomas Joseph Szafranski

Officer Thomas Szafranski was shot and killed by a sniper with a high-powered rifle while sitting in his patrol car near Davis Street and Sixth Street.

The sniper shot him in the head in the unprovoked attack. The suspect was sentenced to death and executed on March 24th, 1998.

Officer Szafranski had served with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for six years.

Bio

Age 29
Tour 6 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Rifle
Offender Executed in 1998

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Rest in peace Officer Szafranski. Your humility and courage won't be forgotten. May 24, 1981 was my mother's birthday. If she were here today she would be 94 years old. It's always tragic when our heroes and heroines do not get to grow older.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 17, 2017